Blog: what's that noise???!

The National don't do anything radically different on Boxer , but then again, they don't really need to: their literate, quietly anthemic take on indie rock seemed to have arrived fully formed on their 2001 self-titled debut. Boxer just hones in even more precisely and intimately on the heartfelt territory the band covers, with punchy-yet-polished production and orchestration by the Clogs ' Padma Newsome giving these songs an intimacy and widescreen expansiveness that rivals the Arcade Fire . read more